An area of scattered light rain showers will be slowly spreading east into the mid south through the day. The rain continues to affect northeast Arkansas and the Missouri bootheel and will move into west Tennessee and northwest Mississippi through the afternoon hours. Rainfall amounts will be less than a tenth of an inch through 3 PM.
There are currently no warnings or advisories for this location.
Public Information Statement
Statement as of 11:37 am CST on November 24, 2009
Subject: experimental use of bulleted winter storm /WSW/ and non precipitation /npw/ watch... warning and advisory products
Beginning December 8 2009 and ending may 29 2010... weather forecast office /WFO/ Memphis will begin modifying the winter weather /WSW/ and non precipitation /npw/ formats to produce experimental bulleted watch... warning and advisory products with a format similar to severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings. These formats are easier for users to read and quickly gather vital information during hazardous winter and non-precipitation events. During the test period... WFO Memphis may temporarily revert back to the current format to maintain mission critical warning services.
A product description document /pdd/ for these experimental products including a list of other affected wfos and examples of the bullet formatted WSW and npw products are available at /use lowercase/:
http://products.Weather.Gov/viewliste.Php
Scroll down and click on the bulleted WSW npw pdd.Pdf to view and download a copy of the product description document.
Public comments are requested through may 29 2010 at /use lowercase/:
Upon the completion of this experimental period... the NWS will evaluate all received comments to determine whether or not to precede with the full implementation of bulletized WSW/npw products nationwide.
If you have comments or questions regarding this public information statement... please contact:
Richard okulski National Weather Service 7777 Walnut Grove Rd om1 Memphis TN 38120 901-544-0399 ext 223 Richard.Okulski@noaa.Gov